Sir Peter Pole, 2nd Baronet (1770–1850) was an English banker and politician, Member of Parliament for

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from 1819 to 1826.

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet of Wolverton (originally Charles Van Notten), a London banker, and his wife Millicent Pole, daughter of Charles Pole (1695–1779). His paternal grandfather Charles Van Notten (1702–1750) of

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moved to London in 1720 and married Susanna Bosanquet. Sir Peter Pole succeeded his father in 1813. He and his brother Charles had worked in the family Van Notten Bank of Devonshire Square,

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since 1795, and the bank came to trade as Peter and Charles Van Notten and Co. In 1815 Pole became a partner in another bank, Down, Thornton & Free of Birchin Lane off Lombard Street. Keen to enter Parliament, Pole through his partner Peter Free consulted James Brogden about obtaining a

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. He stood unsuccessfully for

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in 1818. When

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resigned his Yarmouth seat in 1819, Pole took it on, the patron Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley-Holmes, 9th Baronet already having a seat. Pole was a prominent figure of the

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, the family bank Peter and Charles Van Notten and Co. failing in December 1825. His personal fortune was largely unaffected, but he withdrew from politics in 1826.

Family

Pole married in 1798 Anna Guilhelmina Buller, whose Portuguese middle name is variously spelled.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pole, Peter 1770 births 1850 deaths English bankers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies